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The Economic Cost of the Military Industrial Complex

This is a classic example of how all political activity in the United States is shaped by corporate interests. Yes it is called the Defense Industry, but in reality it is an Offense Industry. It lobbies the Pentagon and key politicians to promote war for America in order to generate greater revenues and profits for the major players.

The fact that hundreds of billions of dollars get spent outside the USA on offense means that not nearly enough money gets spent on the decaying infrastructure in America, on declining education and health care quality for the benefit of all American citizens.

The fact that America has an electoral system dependent entirely on private funding means that the corporate world will continue to control both political parties and that a necessary large cut in military spending will never happen and that only the corporate world will profit going forward, not American citizens.